The crowd at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Coon Rapids Cardinals (Coon Rapids, MN) and the visiting New Prague Trojans (New Prague, MN), observed Coon Rapids's basketball team knock off New Prague by a score of 64-44.

The Cardinals (1-1) will now prepare for their challenge against Hastings (Hastings, MN). The Raiders come into the non-league challenge with a 1-1 record. In their last challenge, Hastings prevailed over Northfield (Northfield, MN), 74-68, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Trojans encounter the Owatonna Huskies (Owatonna, MN) in a AAAA Section 1 challenge, on Monday, December 9. New Prague will attempt to improve on its 0-2 season record. The Huskies come into the challenge with a 1-1 record after their 80-65 non-league win over Mankato West (Mankato, MN).